ANNOUNCEMENT: The OpenRocket 22.02 Beta Period is now finished

[DeltaVee]

So I would interpret this as a second type of RFE to condense the information contained in the report in the PDF/printout

Csv export of the sim table is fine. If pdf export could do that and it fits on the page, thats fine too...

Don't want to put words into DeltaVee's mouth, but I think he just wants the table that appears on the OR sim page. Which should fit fine on a single sheet.

And I agree. A single sheet with many motor choices would be nice.

Hans.

Basically that's it a csv would let me do it, and sort on any colum, and print in landscape if needed etc. I would think it'd be the least troublesome for the OR devs some reason. I guess I could load up the code and see for myself but my software dev job literally sucks the life out of me!

 

[neil_w]

Inspired by @James Duffy 's solicitation for his inevitably excellent NARCON talk on Saturday (which I will definitely watch, although probably after-the-fact), I am hereby notifying the world that @JoePfeiffer and Billy Olsen (@wolsen) will be giving a talk on Saturday morning, 10AM EST, all about the new version of OR. There will be dancing girls, a poker tournament, and demos. There's definitely nothing better you could be doing for that hour. Tell all your friends!

 

[JoePfeiffer]

dancing girls, a poker tournament, and demos.

Wait, they canceled the dancing girls? Then I'm not going.

 

[neil_w]

Wait, they canceled the dancing girls? Then I'm not going.

Turns out they had a prior commitment. (wink wink)

 

[lakeroadster]

Wait, they canceled the dancing girls? Then I'm not going.

That all depends on what the definition of "girls" is.

I mean, it's rocket science, not biology?

 

[shawn_rocket]

Inspired by @James Duffy 's solicitation for his inevitably excellent NARCON talk on Saturday (which I will definitely watch, although probably after-the-fact), I am hereby notifying the world that @JoePfeiffer and Billy Olsen (@wolsen) will be giving a talk on Saturday morning, 10AM EST, all about the new version of OR. There will be dancing girls, a poker tournament, and demos. There's definitely nothing better you could be doing for that hour. Tell all your friends!

I am glad you mentioned this, as I overlooked that I could scroll to the left to see another class for most session times on the vNARCON site. Needless to say, I've changed a few sessions!

 

[boatgeek]

Wait, they canceled the dancing girls? Then I'm not going.

Next we'll find out the afterparty doesn't have hookers and blow! This is a bait and switch, man!

 

[Alan15578]

Next we'll find out the afterparty doesn't have hookers and blow! This is a bait and switch, man!

Oh for god's sake, escorts. This is a family forum.

 

[SolarYellow]

We all need more flying Escorts.

 

[smstachwick]

Fighter escort ready!

 

[4regt4]

Oh for god's sake, escorts. This is a family forum.

Escorts? At the Pebble Beach Concours they are introduced as "nieces".

Hans.

 

[neil_w]

RC1 Now Available

The first (and hopefully "only") Release Candidate is now available for download. Link provided after the instructions below, which you should PLEASE READ FIRST:

1) Our goal here is to verify that everything is working correctly, and therefore move to the final release as quickly as possible. So we don't recommend downloading this unless it is your intention to really test it out for us. Otherwise, just hang on and wait for the final release, which should be soon. I'll shortly PM those who previously volunteered to do such testing.

2) The RC versions are properly signed for the various OSes. However, Windows will still harass you and require you to jump through hoops to install and run, which is really quite annoying. Eventually, such warnings should go away with the final release, but in the meantime you'll need to deal with it.

3) The Mac versions, on the other hand, are much friendlier now. All you need to give is a single confirmation and you're up and running.

4) If you have an Apple Silicon Mac, be sure to download the ARM installer.

That's it! Here's the link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gMMe5mCzVKlT0uTd1LDCXSVSHAsYSwEE?usp=share_link

Oh, and here are the release notes:

OpenRocket 22.02.RC.01 (2023-01-27)​

(through PR1996)

New Features​

• Native ARM build for Apple Silicon Macs! (fixes #1136 and #1533)
• Added "Cancel" button to component config window (fixes #960)
• Added component information box in config window (fixes #1564)
• Example designs have been updated and reorganized
• Add option to switch flight event markers to icons in sim plots
• Add support for tail cones (fixes #1889)
• Added additional warnings for inline pods, gaps and overlaps in airframe (fixes #1894)
• Added "plugged" to delay options for all motors
• Support rail button screws, updated rail button aerodynamics
• Updated surface roughness settings to be consistent with standard terminology
• Separate "override subcomponents" option for mass, CG, and drag (fixes #1750)
• Add motor designation to motor selection table
• Enable decal editing on Linux

UI Improvements​

• Reorganized Config dialogs for improved clarity and consistency
• Added "Top View" option to rocket display
• Add option to automatically open preset dialog when creating new component (fixes #1479)
• Tell user where body discontinuities are (fixes #241)
• Improved consistency of warning message text
• Hitting left arrow moves cursor to front of text fields (fixes #1942)
• Grey out texture edit button if using default material
• New app icons
• Zoom to active stages in rocket display
• Added welcome dialog (fixes #1768)
• Updated bug report form

Notable Bug Fixes​

• Fix various significant 3D view issues (fixes #939, #966, #1191, #1771)
• Don't mark all simulations out-of-date on flight config change (fixes #1973)
• Account for all recovery devices in pods when calculating descent rate (fixes #1910)
• Eliminated many occurrences of mystery discontinuity warnings (fixes #999)
• Rocksim import/export file updates ** Support import and export of pods (fixes #1348) ** Support import of trapezoidal fins on transitions (fixes #1553) ** Support subassembly import
• Assorted extension and plug-in fixes

 

[4regt4]

So far, so good.

Hans.

 

[DeltaVee]

Jar file, please?

 

[neil_w]

Jar file, please?

May have to wait until the morning. Which platform?

 

[DeltaVee]

May have to wait until the morning. Which platform?

Morning is fine... but it's a Java jar file... you know... write once, debug everywhere.

 

[neil_w]

Morning is fine... but it's a Java jar file... you know... write once, debug everywhere.

I believe the ARM build is different due to some JOGL stuff (if I am wrong about this I'll correct it).

 

[4regt4]

It

Jar file, please?

If it was left near the door, beware. There could be a face in it.

 

[DeltaVee]

I believe the ARM build is different due to some JOGL stuff.

Ok... x86_64

 

[JoePfeiffer]

Ok... x86_64

github automatically creates a jar file after every merge. You can find them at https://github.com/openrocket/openrocket/actions though it takes a little bit of a hunt from there -- click the most recent workflow run from the list, click the "1" under "Artifacts", select the file named "openrocket_build_xxxx" for whatever number is "xxxx". When you download it, it will be a zip file so you'll need to unzip it.
The most recent one as of this writing is at https://github.com/openrocket/openrocket/suites/10605040122/artifacts/528773488

Also, if you grab one of the installers and install OR from it, the directory OR is installed in will contain OpenRocket.jar at the top level, so you can be sure you're looking at exactly the .jar that was used to build the installer.

 

[DeltaVee]

github automatically creates a jar file after every merge. You can find them at https://github.com/openrocket/openrocket/actions though it takes a little bit of a hunt from there -- click the most recent workflow run from the list, click the "1" under "Artifacts", select the file named "openrocket_build_xxxx" for whatever number is "xxxx". When you download it, it will be a zip file so you'll need to unzip it.
The most recent one as of this writing is at https://github.com/openrocket/openrocket/suites/10605040122/artifacts/528773488

Good nuf... thanks!
Uh oh.. https://github.com/openrocket/openrocket/suites/10605040122/artifacts/528773488 gives 404

 

[JoePfeiffer]

Good nuf... thanks!
Uh oh.. https://github.com/openrocket/openrocket/suites/10605040122/artifacts/528773488 gives 404

I wonder if you have to be logged in? I did a cut-and-paste from your post and got a download window.

 

[DeltaVee]

I wonder if you have to be logged in? I did a cut-and-paste from your post and got a download window.

That was it...

 

[SiboVG]

Added the JAR to the folder.

 

[Bill S]

Is there ever going to be support for pods? I just installed the most recent version of OR off the website, and tried to work with my Estes Protostar file from Rocksim, and it doesn't display the fin top nosecones (pods).

Since my copy of Rocksim has become useless due to failed update killing my ability to load motors to run sims (and his recommended procedure to reinstall motor files isn't working), I decided to try Open Rocket. Since several of my designs use pods, this is a problem.

 

[lakeroadster]

Is there ever going to be support for pods? I just installed the most recent version of OR off the website, and tried to work with my Estes Protostar file from Rocksim, and it doesn't display the fin top nosecones (pods).

Since my copy of Rocksim has become useless due to failed update killing my ability to load motors to run sims (and his recommended procedure to reinstall motor files isn't working), I decided to try Open Rocket. Since several of my designs use pods, this is a problem.

Open Rocket has pods. Not sure what you mean by "Is there ever going to be support for pods"? I just created this rocket this morning...

 

[SiboVG]

Is there ever going to be support for pods? I just installed the most recent version of OR off the website, and tried to work with my Estes Protostar file from Rocksim, and it doesn't display the fin top nosecones (pods).

Since my copy of Rocksim has become useless due to failed update killing my ability to load motors to run sims (and his recommended procedure to reinstall motor files isn't working), I decided to try Open Rocket. Since several of my designs use pods, this is a problem.

As @lakeroadster mentioned, OpenRocket supports pods. However, pod importing from a RockSim file has been included after the 22.02.beta.05 release. So it will be included in the official 22.02 release.

 

[Bill S]

Ok.

 

[4regt4]

I'm a bit confused (nothing new...) about the Cg override for the sustainer in the RC release. I am near to finishing up a rocket and I measured the Cg, which didn't quite agree with the calculated value, undoubtedly because of glue, uneven application of paint, etc. So I override the Cg, and click on "override for all subcomponents". So far, so good. However, if I change a subcomponent, it moves the Cg. I would have assumed that the figure entered for the override would take precedence, especially if I am overriding the subcomponents.

Hans.

 

[JoePfeiffer]

Is there ever going to be support for pods? I just installed the most recent version of OR off the website, and tried to work with my Estes Protostar file from Rocksim, and it doesn't display the fin top nosecones (pods).

Since my copy of Rocksim has become useless due to failed update killing my ability to load motors to run sims (and his recommended procedure to reinstall motor files isn't working), I decided to try Open Rocket. Since several of my designs use pods, this is a problem.

The more prominent download link is still 15.03, since that's an "official" release. We've got pods in the current beta series, and now in the 22.02 release candidate 1. If you look for that download link, you'll find pods.